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Google Buys CIA-Backed Mapping Startup

Google has acquired 3D mapping company Keyhole for an undisclosed sum, and announced that it’s cutting the price of the consumer edition from US$69.95 to US$29.95. Keyhole’s EarthViewer mapping service is a technical tour de force, making use of the 3D capabilities of modern PC graphics cards to do the heavy lifting, or rendering in this case

When the Chinese government wanted to keep its users off Facebook and Google, it blocked the entire country's access to the U.S. companies' apps and sites. And when citizens started using third-party workarounds — like Tor, proxies and VPNs...